Calf injury

I injured my calf muscle playing football, although it was probably caused through overuse. The damage seems to have healed after rest but is still very stiff. Can anyone recommend anything i can try to rehabilitate the muscles and get them back to good working order.
I’m currently doing calf raises, but is there anything else i can try to speed up the process and get my balance back to 100%
Thanks

Protruding disc

I am 40 and have been told by my Doctor that I have a protruding disc. (Between L4&L5 I think). I compete in road races and also compete in Kickboxing competitions.( I train everyday) . Whilst I am not immobile I have stopped (unable) to do any trianing for the last three weeks,first symptons about 10 weeks ago) Currently going to a chiropractor and seem to be making progress. Can anybody answer the following questions.

1) When am I likely to be able to train again.

2) Is it save to swim and use a stationery bike at the moment.

3) When I do return to full training ,is the injury likely to return.

4) If I get an operation ,am I likely to have problems when I return to full training.

Any advice/info would be greatly appreciated

jimb

Have I gone too far?

Hi everyone,

I sprained my ankle about 9 weeks ago playing basketball (probably 2nd degree). I did see a doctor and he told me to rest.
However, I went back to playing the next week. My competition is weekly, and I haven’t missed a game. So since my injury, my rest pattern has been like 6 days of rest, then playing on a Sunday, then another 6 days of rest, then playing on a Sunday and so on.

I find that it is still a little bit swelled now, and it definitely does not look like my other ankle. I can’t run as fast as I could before nor jump off the sprained ankle. I feel a bit of pain when I try to play.

My question is, have I done some permanent injury to it? Am I going to perform like this for the rest of my life? Will surgery help? What if I start resting from now on? Will that help?

I would greatly appreciate everyone’s input.

Meniscus or mcl?

about 2 weeks ago i was warming up for a soccer game and i felt something pull or release on the inside of my right knee when i kicked the ball with my instep. it was sore i but i still played in the game. I practiced for the next week with minimal pain and it wasn’t a big deal. Then a week later in our next game it started to hurt again and the next morning i woke up with quite a bit of pain and it hurt to straighted my knee. i have taken the last 4 days off from practice and have started biking which does’t cause too much pain. The pain is more when the foot is in the air during a step…not so much as i step down, although that produces pain as well. the rest seemed to help the pain so am i healed or will it come back when i play? i have another game tomorrow and am planning on trying to play but will i just hurt it more? any advice on what to do or what this could be would be greatly apreciated. i was thinking maybe MCL or meniscus injury. Thank you!

Sore knee

My left knee inside is sore but only when sleeping or sitting for a while and when I go to move it is sore. If I run (including the London Marathon) I have no pain atall?? I rested for 5 days after London and it is still sore at night and after sitting, help?!

Stop or Continue?

I have the Bleep Test coming up this Monday, and during my holidays (the past two weeks), I have been exercising (through going cycling, walking or doing an exercise DVD almost every day) to try to prepare myself for it.

I’m quite a small person, I’m short and I don’t weigh very much.

I experienced some pain in my knees a bit over a year ago, so I decided to visit the doctor.

The doctor said that my joints were possibly a bit weak as they had been over used, due to the amount of sports i do.

So i rested and used medication until it was better.

I’ve had slight on and off pain since then.

Today I was doing the DVD, because I have two days left until the test and I wanted to get my fitness up to the best I coudl for the test, but when I started doing squats, my kneecap became so painful I had to stop.

So I walked around a bit, and gradually the pain went. So I tried a squat again, more gently, but the pain came back and my knee became stiff again.

So I’m wondering, considering I have two days left until the test, do I pack in the exercising and try to rest my knee?

The problem is, I really want to be at maximum fitness for the test, as it is important to my grade. I know I shoudln’t compromise my health for one grade, but really this is the last chance I will have at proper exercise before the test and I wonder if maybe I should try it.

Thigh injury

I did about 22 miles of fell walking over mixed terrain about a 3-4 walks ago. Since then my front lower thigh has been painful to touch. It also feels slightly numb. I don’t experience any pain when I am walking, bending etc. It doesn’t seem to be getting any better, any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Pain in lower leg/shin

I have been doing this jumping program for basketball everyday after school. I was fine for the first two weeks, but then one day I had this sharp pain on the top and inside of my shins. I can’t figure out what it is. I could barely jump or run. It went away after I stopped running/jumping. Does anyone know what it could be? Thanks

Back of Knee, pain

The back of my right knee is kinda achey…I am a runner…did trails on Sunday and it started hurting a bit Monday.. inside of the back of the knee…any ideas?

Long battle

I have a constant tightening of muscles in my but, the right quad and calf especially when I sit. I have been to my GP,neurologist,chiropractor,had 2mri’s and still no answers. Any ideas